Glasgow and Edinburgh: Ongoing Banter Thread

[George Carlin]

First topic message reminder :

A. Edinburgh
 

 
1. Pre-season
 
Fri 30 Aug 2013, 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 15 - 5 Newcastle Falcons
 
Fri 23 Aug 2013, 19:30
Northampton Saints 24 - 6 Edinburgh Rugby
 
2. 2013/2014 Season - Played
 
Sat 7 Sep, 19:15
Munster Rugby 34 - 23 Edinburgh Rugby
 
Fri 13 Sep, 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 16 - 13 Newport Gwent Dragons
 
Sat 21 Sep, 18:30
Ospreys 44 - 10 Edinburgh Rugby
 
Fri 27 Sep, 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 9 - 22 Scarlets

Sun 6 Oct, 14:05
Cardiff Blues 29 - 12 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 25 Oct, 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 20 - 13 Benetton Treviso

Fri 1 Nov 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 25 - 23 Zebre

Fri 22 Nov 19:05
Ulster Rugby 41 - 17 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 29 Nov 19:45
Edinburgh Rugby 43 - 10 Connacht

3. 2013/2014 Season - Next 3 Games
 
Fri 20 Dec 19:35
Edinburgh Rugby v Leinster

Thu 26 Dec 15:05
Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors

Wed 1 Jan 18:05
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby

B. Glasgow
 

 
1. Pre-season
 
Sat 31 Aug 2013, 15:00
Exeter Chiefs 26 - 29 Glasgow Warriors
 
2. 2013/2014 Season
 
Fri 6 Sep, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 22 - 15 Cardiff Blues
 
Fri 13 Sep, 19:05
Ulster Rugby 12 - 13 Glasgow Warriors
 
Fri 20 Sep, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 12 - 6 Leinster Rugby
 
Fri 27 Sep, 19:30
Zebre 17 - 24 Glasgow Warriors
 
Sat 5 Oct, 18:30
Scarlets 12 - 17 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 25 Oct, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 6 - 13 Munster Rugby

Sat 2 Nov, 17:00
Connacht Rugby 12 - 19 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 22 Nov, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 8 - 23 Newport Gwent Dragons

Fri 29 Nov, 19:05
Ospreys 16 - 28 Glasgow Warriors

3. 2013/2014 Season - Next 3 Games
 
Fri 20 Dec, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors   v   Benetton Treviso

Thu 26 Dec 15:05
Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors

Wed 1 Jan 18:05
Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh Rugby
 
Bearing in mind the above - what I'd like to know for each team is:
 
1. How is the season likely to go?
2. What are the teams' strengths?
3. What are the teams' weaknesses?
4. What can be done to improve matters for each team?
 
Any jingoism, sledging or graceless kicking of anyone whilst they are up or down will see posts deleted.
 
Be gracious and be constructive.

[Manky-Flanker]

Have you guys heard of Rippa Rugby? The NZRU provide a rippa rugby set to every primary school in NZ and an additional 400 secondary schools. If the SRU haven't already considered it, they should.

Can you imagine every primary school in Scotland teaching their kids rugby skills?  

[tigertattie]

oi ASBO, if you vote for me, I'll make sure mark bennett gets a starting place for Scotland one day  

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Ha, ha One may precede the other tho?!

[tigertattie]

pop quiz - List these things in age order

The goo at the bottom of my mug
The Pyramids of Giza
RDW's belly button fluff
FES's tweed jacket
Mark Bennett

[George Carlin]

Tough one, but I'm going for (oldest to youngest):
RDW's  fluff, pyramids, FES' Hackett tweeds, mug goo, then the Messiah.

[RDW]

Hey!

I think you'll find I have a finely honed 6 pack so there's no crevices for fluff to congregate.

Disclamer - the above post may contain some inaccuracies

[Pat_Mustard]

Shock scandal: forensic tests reveal that RDW's belly button fluff originates from FES's tweed jacket!  

[RDW]

No comment.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Shock scandal: forensic tests reveal that RDW's belly button fluff originates from FES's tweed jacket!  

[tigertattie]

does that make FES's jacket the oldest?

[George Carlin]

does that make FES's jacket the oldest?

Allegedly it was passed down from his great-great-great (etc) grandfather, FES The First, who supported King Oswald of Northumbria in his sacking of the Din Eidyn stronghold at Calton Hill in 638 AD.

[Pat_Mustard]

does that make FES's jacket the oldest?

The fluff originates from the jacket - Bennett evolves from something living in the fluff - Bennett builds the pyramids - then has a cup of tea using tigertattie's mug, leaving behind the goo.

therefore the order is jacket, fluff, Bennett, pyramids, goo. It also means you can use your mug to clone us another 14 Messiahs.

[tigertattie]

but human cloning is banned!

The world is scared that we may mess up and clone Lee Jones by mistake!

[George Carlin]

but human cloning is banned!

The world is scared that we may mess up and clone Lee Jones by mistake!

Any bacteria in the petri-dish would surely destroy Jones. He wouldn't be able to tackle them - we know that.

[tigertattie]

 

[tigertattie]

actually, is Lee Jones still on the roster?

[RDW]

Why would he not be?

[Tramptastic]

http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/13/10/11/injury-blow-warriors-full-back-duo-are-ruled-out

Hogg out for a few weeks so a risk for AI? Murchie out for 6 months, not too many Glasgow full-backs left, would you like to borrow Cuthbert?  

But seriously, who gets the Scotland shirt then? Tonks, Taylor or Maitland?

As for Glasgow does that mean Maitland will play there for the next few games?

[George Carlin]

http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/13/10/11/injury-blow-warriors-full-back-duo-are-ruled-out

Hogg out for a few weeks so a risk for AI? Murchie out for 6 months, not too many Glasgow full-backs left, would you like to borrow Cuthbert?  

But seriously, who gets the Scotland shirt then? Tonks, Taylor or Maitland?

As for Glasgow does that mean Maitland will play there for the next few games?

Yes, thankfully Maitland played about a third of the time at 15 for the Crusaders so I am not too concerned, although I suspect that Hogg's kicking out of hand may be better. Thankfully we still have good wing options to accompany Maitland - DTH, Seymour, Barry (who is having a purple patch) and also apparently Niko.

[tigertattie]

But seriously, who gets the Scotland shirt then? Tonks, Taylor or Maitland?

HUGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Tramptastic]

  

But seriously, who gets the Scotland shirt then? Tonks, Taylor or Maitland?

HUGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[George Carlin]

Well done to the ladyboys of the east coast!
 
Big scalp for them - congratulations.  
 
Nice to be facing Munster next on the back of that defeat for them. They looked eminently beatable in a way that they hadn't so far this season.

[GLove39]

Right no need to worry folks. Glasgow can now focus solely on the Rabo. Edinburgh will fight the European battle. Divide & conquer

[tigertattie]

oi Glove, you done your Lego training video for Edinburgh already? Something worked for them on sat!!!

[RDW]

What are people's thoughts on what Edinburgh's performance for Saturday means for the future? Was this a genuine sign of Solomon's coaching and tactics starting to come good, or was this a classic example of a Scottish team pulling off a shock when when no one expected them to?

I really hope it is the former, but I suspect it is somewhere in the middle. We were very good in places on Saturday, but I think we were helped a lot by Munster also being so bad in places! I'm still not convinced by our defence and I can't help but think we've become very reliant on Laidlaw.

Still, the pack stood toe to toe with Munster and even edged it in the set piece - that is definitely something to build on. The backs were still a bit blunt but Matt Scott's try was a wonderful team effort.

Of course we won't know until the next game, but I really hope this just wasn't a one off. The real test will be the Treviso game at home, which is only 5 days after the Perignan game meaning a lot of the first team will probably be rested. If we can manage to win that then it really could set us up to start winning more regularly than one game in five.

[TJ]

I see it as encouraging signs. to me the main issue has been morale and playing as a team. the win must be good for morale - they now know they can beat anyone. Tehy also found cohesion as a team.

I am hopeful its the beggining of something good.

[George Carlin]

Woke up this mornin' feelin' fine
There's somethin' special on my mind
Last night I saw a new team in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah
Somethin' tells me we're into something good

[RDW]

Also worth noting that we’re still only one game away from being a bunch of losers again – we’ve gone from zeroes to heroes in a week, can easily go the other way within a week!

[TJ]

Glass half full please. we are world beaters!

[tigertattie]

The biggest thing is deffo going to be the confidence this gives the team! Having faith in your team mates ability is just as important has having faith in your own!

I'm not going to do a John Beattie or Andy Nicol and proclaim that Edinburgh are going to top thier group, but I will say that this should hopefully lift the team to at least perform better going forward!

Talking about Nicol, what was that wee buffoon on about yesterday??? He was spouting that the formula to winning in Europe was to win your home games. If everyone won thier home games then everyone would be topping the table???? Eejit!!!

[TJ]

No mention of the scots games in the grauniad at all - not even a one liner

[RDW]

What’s the grauniad?

Was looking to see if ITV were running their highlights show then realised there was no point, ITV being the worst sports broadcaster in the history of humanity and all. The chances of the Edinburgh game being on it were slim – this was the broadcaster who, after Edinburgh’s 48-47 highly dramatic win over Racing Metro, just said ‘it was an exciting game’ and showed no highlights!

[TJ]

The Guardian newspaper

[George Carlin]

I am really not particularly fashed by Scottish commentators in general. Cotter is very knowledgeable and measured but it sounds as though he is holding his nose and talking through a toilet roll tube.
 
Andy Nichol is becoming a bit like Scotland's version of Guscott - only vaguely aware that other teams and nations exist. I like that he gets really peed off and assumes the look of a drowned ferret when Scotland play badly.
 
Scott Hastings is actually quite good fun to listen to but you get the sense that the players' own stories aren't of much interest to him.
 
God bless Bill McLaren and his multicoloured self-made gant charts that he used to commentate with. Loved hearing about each players' rugby histories and that of their families.

[RDW]

Did Sky or ERC or anyone else do a team of the round? Laidlaw must be in there!

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Loads of different ones in most papers and planetrugby and espn - Laidlaw features in a fair few

[George Carlin]

The Guardian newspaper

No wonder - Robert Kitson is a fantastically lazy journalist who would only write about Saracens and Quins if he had his way.

[tigertattie]

do people still read the Guardian?

[George Carlin]

Loads of different ones in most papers and planetrugby and espn - Laidlaw features in a fair few

 
http://www.therugbyblog.com/heineken-cup-team-of-the-week-round-1-2/comment-page-1#comment-116198
 
Couple of  in there, Asbo! And Jess is apparently better than Van Der Merwe...

[TJ]

Laidlaw was absolutely on fire. I love the stripping of the ball off the number eight and his harrassment around the scrum. A world class performance and what gave us the win

[RDW]

Good to see Sean Cox recognised - he always seems to lift it for the HK.

[George Carlin]

do people still read the Guardian?

Only people with hairy wrists and fake Rolexes who still listen to Jefferson Airplane as they drive their 'vintage' Ford Capris to their weekly squash game with Henderson from Accounts.

[TJ]

I read the grauniad still and am none of those thing! Smooth as Swiss Toni. I don't own a car and ride bikes not play squash.; I do own a copy of Surrealistic pillow tho

[George Carlin]

I read the grauniad still and am none of those thing!  Smooth as Swiss Toni. I don't own a car and ride bikes not play squash.;  I do own a copy of Surrealistic pillow tho

That's because you're probably still about 9 or something TJ. Give it time for the complacency and ear hair to set in.

[tigertattie]

Are weegies allowed to read it?

[RDW]

Weegies can read?  

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Weegies can read?  

Aye, when we've finished our fish'n'chips

[George Carlin]

Weegies can read?  

No, but the pictures are very pretty.

[tigertattie]

the guardian has page 3?

[RDW]

Or GC classes pictures of rugby players as 'pretty'... 

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